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August 23, 2005

New Campus Web Architect

Jackie Ward
Jackie Ward
Jackie Ward has been hired as UMBC's first ever Campus Web Architect. Working in OIT's New Media Learning & Development unit, Jackie will have lead responsibility for the end-user experience of UMBC's web site and campus web portal. As such, she will manage the top-level organization, navigation, usability and content management policies of the university's main Web site and portal, informed by Web steering and advisory committees consisting of selected campus departments or stakeholders.

Jackie will also serve as the primary support staff member for departmental web developers to provide guidance, training and support that improves their sites.

Before coming to UMBC, Jackie was a web architect for University of Maryland University College where she worked in the Marketing and Information Technology departments. She maintained various web sites, managed the university's intranet and helped launch the MyUMUC staff and student PeopleSoft portal. She also taught journalism online for UMUC.

Jackie can be reached at 410.455.3679 or jward@umbc.edu. Her office is located in ECS 101b.

Posted by John Fritz on August 23, 2005 4:00 PM |